I didn't mean to.
Harry Potter was an eccentric boy in many ways. For a start, he was a celebrity, but he lived in a cupboard for nine years. Then, there was his aunt and uncle and cousin. THEY seemed pretty normal, but they enslaved a boy for 14 years. Then, he was a hero. An important hero. But his father never liked him. For unreasonable reasons. Now, when they finally knew the truth, he was dead.
A boy stood in front of a marble headstone in a small patch of grass. He stood there, not moving, not doing anything. Just thinking. Of the injustice of it all. Of what could have happened. Of why they never happened. Then, the faint sound of a guitar blew across the mini-field.
I'm sittin' here all by myself
just tryin' to think of something to do
Tryin' to think of something, anything
just to keep me from thinking of you
But you know it's not working out
'cause you're all that's on my mind
One thought of you is all it takes
to leave the rest of the world behind
Funny. 'Cause that was exactly what the boy was thinking.
Well I didn't mean for this to go as far as it did
And I didn't mean to get so close and share what we did
And I didn't mean to fall in love, but I did
And you didn't mean to love me back, but I know you did
He remembered a memory, of a little boy and a little girl and her sister.
I'm sittin' here tryin' to convince myself
that you're not the one for me
But the more I think, the less I believe it
and the more I want you here with me
You know the holidays are coming up
I don't want to spend them alone
Memories of Christmas time with you
will just kill me if I'm on my own
He wondered, whether the little boy ever spent Christmas with the little girl. That was funny. Him? Christmas?
Well I didn't mean for this to go as far as it did
And I didn't mean to get so close and share what we did
And I didn't mean to fall in love, but I did
And you didn't mean to love me back
He remembered the little boy; older, taller; and the little girl; older, smarter; and if they ever knew they loved each other.
I know it's not the smartest thing to do
we just can't seem to get it right
But what I wouldn't give to have one more chance tonight
One more chance tonight
He wondered whether ever he knew that he was his son.
I'm sittin' here tryin' to entertain myself with this old guitar
But with all my inspiration gone it's not getting me very far
I look around my room and everything I see reminds me of you
Oh please, baby won't you take my hand
we've got nothing left to prove
He wondered whether they knew how to play a guitar.
Well I didn't mean for this to go as far as it did
And I didn't mean to get so close and share what we did
And I didn't mean to fall in love, but I did
And you didn't mean to love me back, but I know you did
He wondered, as he watched a nest of robins, if they could have ever been a family.
He wondered, what might have happened, if they knew.
And he turned on his heel and disappeared along with the music.
End.
A Lonely September
Plain White T's
p.s. the boy was harry, in case you didn't notice.
p.p.s. the boy and girl and sister were snape and lily and tuney